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Eight Israeli soldiers wounded in Palestinian attack

admin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:30:11 +0000

Popular Resistance Committees fired mortar shells at Nahal Oz army base. Later, Hamas also claimed the attack. It is common for several terrorist groups to claim one attack because individual terrorists usually receive pay in several groups.
Ceasefire continues, and Israel supplies water and power to Gaza.

Two Jewish soldiers are in the critical condition, one of them will remain permanently maimed.

IDF keeps Nahal Oz base just meters from the border with Gaza. The base, opened to gunfire and artillery attacks, is entirely unprotected.

Foreign correspondents threaten sanctions

admin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:35:46 +0000

against Israel for refusing them entrance to Gaza. It is very rarely that Israel introduces a commonsense measure of barring journalists from war zone.
What can the sanctions look like? It would take a Goebbels to make the foreign coverage of Israel any worse than it is now.

Truce with Hamas caused more rocket attacks

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:46:41 +0000

Michael Freund offers interesing figures from Israeli Foreign Ministry: in 2008, 1,151 rockets and 1,239 shells hit Israel. Thus, during the truce period, attacks on Israel from Gaza actually doubled.

Israeli Navy arrests international leftits

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:08:59 +0000

off Gaza. The leftists tried to stage a precedent of breaking naval blockade of Gaza: they boarded three boats with Palestinian fishermen and intentionally went out into the open sea.

Palestinians, international leftists march at Erez Crossing

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:04:29 +0000

to break Israeli blockade of Gaza.

Olmert, Barak compete in demagoguery over Gaza

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:35:51 +0000

Olmert informed the Supreme Court which hears a petition of Sderot residents that he made the fortification of their city a major priority. Which is a lie, of course: on several occasions the government refused massive reinforcement citing lack of funds.

Barak announced to visiting English Jew Miliband that “Israel will not accept the attacks.” Unbeknown to the Defense Minister, Israel does accept them for three years already. Shameless Barak promised a crushing response “when the conditions are ripe.” Like what?

IDF Staff expressed surprise at Olmert’s instruction to prepare operation plans for invasion of Gaza. Such plans, sure enough, are long ready and presented to the government several times.

Food, water, power delivered to Gaza

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:32:44 +0000

As the elected Palestinian government renounced ceasefire and Palestinian terrorist groups attack Israel with rockets and artillery, Israel allowed UN food supplies into Gaza. The UN agency delivers food to Arabs in Gaza for sixty years.

In what may be termed “Food for rockets” program, Israel continues benevolent treatment of the aggressor population in Gaza. The power cuts introduced by Olmert-Barak treacherous government, only affect Gaza at night: daily supply of electric power is almost uninterrupted. Israel supplies power to Gaza when even the Arab Egypt is unwilling to shoulder the burden: a simple $30-million power feeder from Sinai to Gaza will be constructed only three years from now.

Despite pronouncing Gaza a “hostile territory,” Israel continues supplying Palestinians cheap quality water from the Kineret while Israelis consume expensive unhealthy desalinated water.

Uniquely in the world history, the victim state of Israel continues supporting the aggressor even as the battles rage on their border. Palestinians take the fight deep into Israeli territory: Katyusha rockets explode in Ashkelon and bomb shelters for Jews are being prepared in Ashdod.

Hamas ends Gaza ceasefire

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:08:17 +0000

Reacting to continued Israeli attacks on Gaza, Hamas declared the ceasefire void, and called upon its own armed wing and other militants to resist Jewish aggression.
Egypt, Saudis might still force Hamas back into ceasefire.
By now, Hamas stocked enough weapons in Gaza that it can confidently welcome Israeli incursion. Israel is under pressure to oust Hamas and deliver Gaza to Fatah in order to maintain the peace process.

Ashdod is next on line of fire

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:33:32 +0000

Israeli Ministry of Defense‘ Home Front Department prepares Ashdod for Katyusha rocket attacks.
Evidently, Israeli peaceful relations with peaceful Palestinians are expected to improve.

Israeli Judenrat government had no problem surrendering Sderot, a far-off and poor township, but Ashkelon and now Ashdod are major population and industrial centers.

Clashes continue in Gaza: IDF kills 4 PRC guerrillas, and Arabs fire a few rockets.

Defense Minister Barak rejected Israeli military operation in Gaza as a “knee-jerk reaction.” Right, he can showcase endurance being far from Sderot.

Fatah acknowledges responsibility for Gaza attacks

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:05:44 +0000

Olmert, Abbas set out to discuss the recent round of violence in Gaza. Besides the utter immorality of discussing the matter casually instead of bombing the Arab murderers, the question arises: what does Abbas have to do with Gaza? Officially, Hamas had ousted every trace of Fatah presence there. The answer is simple: Fatah-affiliated groups such as PRC and PIJ attack Israel from Gaza in order to discredit Hamas and make it unwilling to risk presidential elections in 2009, so that Abbas can stay in power after his term expires. The Fatah accomplices also try to provoke Israel into invading Gaza to clear it from Hamas for Fatah.

Israeli government decided against violating the non-existent ceasefire with Hamas, and won’t invade Gaza. Three years ago, in wake of the disengagement, the traitors were screaming how the army protects the settlers in Gaza. Well, it now appears the army was protecting Ashkelon, too.

Massive rocket attacks on Sderot and Ashkelon

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:11:25 +0000

from Gaza. A dozen of Kassams and five Katyusha rockets hit Israel. One Grad-type rocket struck downtown Ashkelon. Kassam wounded an old woman in Shaar ha-Negev kibbutz. Scores of cars and homes are damaged.
Unusually, Hamas claimed direct responsibility for most of the attacks. The reason is clear: young militants nd guerrilla factions take away the Hamas fame with constant attacks on Israel. Hamas has to uphold its reputation of a fighting organization. For the same reason, Fatah continues supporting the West Bank terrorists.
The Gaza fighting follows a familiar spiral: a terror operation originates from Gaza, Israel retaliates killing a few Palestinians, they retaliate with rocket fire, and merry-goes-round.
Barak, a disgusting liar, promised “harsh and painful” response. Hundreds of similar promises made before didn’t materialize. Barak pushed for the truce with Hamas months ago despite Olmert’s opposition; the truce allowed Palestinian guerrillas to stock weapons.
Instead of bombing Gaza in response, Israeli Army warned the Jews - to stay close to bob shelters.
What would be the American response if Mexicans shelled its cities from three years?

Israeli banks boycott Gaza

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:40:00 +0000

Discount, Hapoalim banks ceased bank operations with Gaza which relies on Israeli shekel for cash operations. The move is symbolic and economically counterproductive for Israel, as Gazans would switch to dollars and Egyptian pounds.

Clashes continue in Gaza

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:43:42 +0000

IDF killed a handful of Palestinians in Gaza, and Palestinians fired a couple of Kassam rockets into Negev.
Interestingly, IDF fought Hamas’ Izz ad Din Kassam Brigades, but Palestinian Islamic Jihad shelled Israel. Hamas-Kassam is on the defensive - they resist IDF incursions but refrain from shelling the Jewish state in a direct violation of the ceasefire. PIJ takes the role of the defender of all Palestinians.

Jewish ghetto gets machine guns on towers

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:10:11 +0000

In their own state, Jews reconstituted a familiar ghetto landscape: walls, watch towers with machine guns, and hostile population around.
This time, Israel installed remotely controlled machine guns on watch towers at her border with Gaza. Jews will watch for Palestinian terrorists from bunkers and hopefully shoot them.

Ramon proposes stupid anti-terror plan for Gaza

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:51:38 +0000

VP Haim Ramon called for razing the Gazan villages from which Kassam rockets are fired after offering their inhabitants to leave.

Hamas would organize some residents to stay in the villages demonstratively, and Israel won’t shell the live shield. Empirically, all residents never leave. Some hide in basements, others are too old to move. Hamas will score PR effect from the bombed villages and rebuild them quickly like Hezbollah did. If PIJ launches rockets from two dozen villages, Israel cannot keep destroying all of them. The cost of demolishing Gazan villages with artillery fire is unreasonable.

But why evacuate the inhabitants? PIJ doesn’t offer a warning before striking at Sderot.

Gaza power station runs out of fuel

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:41:24 +0000

as Israel cuts fuel supply in response to rocket attacks from Gaza. It’s sort of unusual to supply fuel to the entity which shelled your country even a few days ago. Israel will resume fuel supply tomorrow.

Palestinians fire anti-tank rocket at IDF from Gaza

admin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:58:03 +0000

The Palestinian snipers missed the tank.

Third trip from Cyprus breaks Gaza blockade

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:05:22 +0000

Israel Navy ignored the boat from Cyprus which carried a bunch of European parliamentarians on a humanitarian mission to Hamas voters.

Sderot kids get fortified playground

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:27:17 +0000

A gift from the Jewish National Fund, the indoor playground is Kassam-proof. Happy childhood, so to say.

Egyptians intercept a ton of explosives

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:32:45 +0000

in Sinai, destined to Gaza.

Parents afraif of rocket barrages

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:30:45 +0000

Parents in Ashkelon sent their children to schools late in a symbolic protest to the government’s inaction in face of continued rocket attacks from Gaza.

Hamas pushes for calm in Gaza

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:10:50 +0000

Hamas presses PIJ and the Fatah-affiliated Al Quds Brigades to stop shelling Israel. Palestinians prompted the recent cycle of attacks which left a few of them killed by digging a tunnel into Israel to kidnap IDF soldiers.

Two rockets fired from Gaza on Ashkelon

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:59:50 +0000

Two dozen of smaller rockets fired at the Negev communities. Hamas retaliated for the IDF incursion into Gaza. IDF retaliated with the incursion for the Palestinian attempt to hew a tunnel into Israel with the ostensible purpose of kidnapping more Jewish soldiers.

Egyptians intercept contraband of SAMs to Gaza

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:10:09 +0000

Egyptian police discovered a hoard of rockets near Rafiah Crossing with Gaza - which included surface-to-air missiles. Presumably, many more found their way into Gaza.

Anti-tank rockets fired at Jews near Gaza

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:07:55 +0000

Palestinians attacked IDF troops at Kissufim Crossing with Gaza. Young radicals and Fatah-affiliated group try to undermine ceasefire in Gaza to upset the Hamas grip on power.
IDF conducts a limited operation in Gaza in response to the attack. IDF normally refrains from violating the ceasefire with incursions into Gaza.

Palestinians launch Qassam rocket on Sderot, miss

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:43:25 +0000

Israel temporarily closed border crossings with Gaza to punish Hamas for the actions of a small group it doesn’t control - Hezbollah Palestine.

From Cyprus to Gaza: leftists sail into Gaza

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:51:23 +0000

Olmert, Barak reversed yesterday’s government decision to intercept the infiltrators from Cyprus who were allowed to dock two boats in Gaza weeks earlier.
The treacherous government is afraid of everything, even the negative PR - as if there can be positive PR about Israel.
The British received no bad PR when during Holocaust they actually shot at the boats carrying Jewish immigrants to the Land of Israel. The British are directly responsible for thousands of Jews shot and drowned while trying to reach Palestine during Holocaust.

Israel Navy to stop infiltrators from Cyprus

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:37:21 +0000

The second boat trip from Cyprus to Gaza will be intercepted. The encounter might become a PR disaster for Israel, but the Navy has all the experience to blockade the boats without actually clashing with the EU-financed leftists.
A better option would be arresting the infiltrators as common criminals and jailing them for an appropriate term. The leftist bunch includes Israeli Arab MK Zahalka and Mustafa Barghouti, son of the jailed terrorist par excellence Marwan Barghouti.

Hamas uniforms in humanitarian cargo

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:10:33 +0000

discovered by IDF border patrol at Gaza crossing.

Hamas attempted more abductions

admin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:24:17 +0000

A month ago, Shin Bet arrested a Palestinian infiltrator with sleeping pills. He intended to lure Israeli soldiers to the Egyptian border to buy drugs, then sedate them and transport to Gaza. The Palestinian was sent by Hamas’ semi-independent military wing Izz ad Din Kassam Brigades.

Hamas conducts military parade in Gaza

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:09:10 +0000

The months of ceasefire allowed Hamas to train safely and considerably improve both its arsenal and bunker network.

Israel prevents Gazan crisis from expiring

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:46:17 +0000

The MAAN Palestinian news agency published a poll which confirms other estimates: 40% of Gaza population - almost the entire young generation - want to emigrate even though clerics constantly admonish them to stay. The Palestinians can easily get visas to many Muslim states, but Israel keeps them shut in Gaza.
There is a simple and efficient way to solve the Gaza problem - just allow the place to depopulate naturally.

Leftists again sail from Cyprus to Gaza

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:48:35 +0000

Despite massive donations from the EU, the participants clamor for donations, alleging $300,000 debt from the previous sail.
They should be properly arrested for border breach and delivered to Israeli jail as common criminals, which they in fact are.

EU MPs join leftist criminals

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:17:40 +0000

to break from Cyprus into Gaza despite Israeli blockade on September 22. The thugs would be arrested if try to cross the border illegally into any other country, but Israel tolerates their criminal behavior.
During its rule here, Britain had no qualms shooting at the boats with Jewish illegal migrants, but Jews are holier than pope.

IDF conducts massive exercises near Gaza

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:37:56 +0000

In order to sign a worthless peace treaty with Palestinian enemies, Israeli Army has to overthrow Hamas and hand Gaza over to the Fatah gang.

Israel allows leftists to sail back from Gaza to Cyprus

admin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:42:54 +0000

with 7 Palestinians on boards in violation of the Gaza blockade.
The Free Gaza movement plans new boat trips to smuggle more Palestinians from Gaza, and vows to establish a ferry connection between Cyprus and Gaza.
The leftists pose no security threat whatsoever as they smuggle out some truly worthless Gazans, but in order to reinstate her credibility Israel would have to intercept the boats once they start sailing into Gaza often. The best way is to torpedo the boats and blame the explosions on them smuggling arms.

Hamas suffers coup in Shura Council

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:07 +0000

Elections to the Shura Council almost entirely replaced the older and relatively moderate Hamas officials with younger generation of extreme militants, reports Jerusalem Post.
Shura Council is modeled on Iran’s Council of Elders which allows ayatollahs to control the parliament. It is not the Hamas’ highest body, but the most authoritative and secretive. Shura Council includes Hamas members in exile.
Hamas membership in Gaza is about 20,000 gangsters who mostly support highly aggressive course against Israel as propounded by Izz ad-Din Kassam Brigades.
As the ceasefire continues, Hamas brings massive amounts of weapons into Gaza, including anti-tank, anti-aircraft, and longer-range rockets.

Israel opens Gaza crossings to allow food before Ramadan

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:01:38 +0000

Shouldn’t they fast?

Leftists sail back to Cyprus with 14 Gazans on board

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:24:35 +0000

After reaching Gaza unimpeded, the leftists decided to step up the level of provocations. Israel can hardly let the 14 Palestinians leave Gaza as that would open a loophole in the blockade.
The foreign leftists deliberately chose media-friendly cases from Gaza: a professor, a woman who seeks to join her husbands, students with valid foreign visas, etc. It s indeed odd for Israel to hold the Arabs in Gaza when polls indicate that at least 30%, including 60% of the young want to emigrate permanently. Instead of allowing the place to depopulate by itself, Israel creates there a pressure cooker.
Israeli blockade doesn’t stop militants from leaving Gaza for Egypt, Iran, Jordan, etc. The blockade proved inefficient in forcing the Gaza population to dislodge Hamas.
The EU governmental institutions subsidize the organizers of the Free Gaza expedition which aimed at boosting the Hamas regime.

Sporadic Kassam rocket attacks on Israel

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:57:54 +0000

Another Kassam rocket landed near Shaar Negev kibbutz. Though nominally an open space, the territory is inhabited with a lot of small communities there.

Left-wing nuts sail from Cyprus to Gaza

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:48:44 +0000

in circumvention of the Israeli blockade. One of the nuts is a family member of Tony Blair, the impartial Quartet envoy.
Israel would be stupid to intercept the two small boats. Let the crackpots deliver their balloons to Gazans who would hopefully kidnap them. No serious cargo can be delivered by such means, and Israel should best show her indifference.

Israel closes Gaza crossings

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:37:45 +0000

in response to yesterday’s rocket attack by Hamas’ detractors.

Fatah factions in Gaza violate ceasefire

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:37:46 +0000

A Kassam rocket fired from Gaza lands in Sderot. The previous rocket hit Negev on Shabbat.
Fatah-aligned factions launch rockets in order to push Israel to oust Hamas. The factions are financed with Israeli tax transfers which go to the Palestinian Authority.

Hamas dances at Gush Katif ruins

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:55:13 +0000

to celebrate Israeli disengagement from Gaza. Hamas released party video from the ruins of the Gush Katif’ Atzmona synagogue.

New rocket from Gaza hit Israel

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:47:02 +0000

Jewish government doesn’t see that as a violation of ceasefire.

A sample lunacy: Israel kills Gaza patients

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:18:57 +0000

One of the loonie NGOs Physicians for Human Rights accused Shin Bet security service of withholding medical treatment from terminally ill Gazans.
In sane person’s tongue, Israel doesn’t grant Arab visas for medical treatment. Surprise, surprise, no country issues visas on demand to all medical applicants.
Gazans can use their own hospitals, for which they receive massive foreign aid.
The evil Shin Bet asks the Gazan visa applicants for security information to prevent terrorist attacks against Israel.

Hamas smuggled 50 anti-aircraft rockets

admin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:56:26 +0000

and 4 tons of explosives into Gaza during the ceasefire, according to Shin-Bet briefing at the Cabinet meeting.

Hamas uses ceasefire

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:56:12 +0000

to plant minefields in Gaza. Hamas acquired rockets that can hit Ashdod.
The head of Shin Bet security agency called to bringing Israeli troops back into Gaza, implicitly confirming that Sharon’s disengagement had failed.

Hamas arrests terrorists

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:38:36 +0000

who launched Kassam rockets at Israel on Thursday.

Kassam rockets hit Negev

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:26:07 +0000

despite the ceasefire with Gaza.